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Command Task Task Command Task Command Task Command Task Command Task / Basics File Location File/Directory Basics File Location File/Directory Basics File Location List files files ls List files find Locate files ls List files find Locate files Copy files slocate Locate files via index cp Copy files slocate Locate files via index cp Copy files slocate Locate files via index Rename files Locate commands mv Rename files which Locate commands mv Rename files which Locate commands Delete files Locate standard files rm Delete files whereis Locate standard files rm Delete files whereis Locate standard files files ln Link files ln Link files File Text Manipulation File Text Manipulation File Text Manipulation Change directory cd Change directory cd Change directory Search text for matching grep Search text for matching grep Search text for matching Print current directory lines pwd Print current directory lines pwd Print current directory lines name name name Extract columns cut Extract columns cut Extract columns Create directory mkdir Create directory mkdir Create directory Append columns paste Append columns paste Append columns Delete directory rmdir Delete directory rmdir Delete directory Translate characters tr Translate characters tr Translate characters File Viewing Sort lines File Viewing sort Sort lines File Viewing sort Sort lines View files Locate identical lines cat View files uniq Locate identical lines cat View files uniq Locate identical lines Page through files Copy stdin to a file and less Page through files tee Copy stdin to a file and less Page through files tee Copy stdin to a file and View file beginning to stdout simultaneously head View file beginning to stdout simultaneously head View file beginning to stdout simultaneously View file ending File Compression tail View file ending File Compression tail View file ending File Compression Number lines gzip Compress files nl Number lines gzip Compress files nl Number lines gzip Compress files View binary data (GNU Zip) od View binary data (GNU Zip) od View binary data (GNU Zip) xxd View binary data compress Compress files (Unix) xxd View binary data compress Compress files (Unix) xxd View binary data compress Compress files (Unix) gv View Postscript/PDF files Compress files (BZip2) gv View Postscript/PDF files bzip2 Compress files (BZip2) gv View Postscript/PDF files bzip2 Compress files (BZip2) xdvi View TeX DVI files zip Compress files xdvi View TeX DVI files zip Compress files xdvi View TeX DVI files zip Compress files (Windows Zip) (Windows Zip) (Windows Zip) File Creation and Editing File Creation and Editing File Creation and Editing emacs File Comparison emacs Text editor File Comparison emacs Text editor File Comparison vim Text editor Compare files line by line vim Text editor diff Compare files line by line vim Text editor diff Compare files line by line Set default file Compare sorted files umask Set default file comm Compare sorted files umask Set default file comm Compare sorted files protections Compare files byte protections cmp Compare files byte protections cmp Compare files byte soffice Edit Word/Excel/ by byte soffice Edit Word/Excel/ by byte soffice Edit Word/Excel/ by byte PowerPoint docs Compute checksums PowerPoint docs md5sum Compute checksums PowerPoint docs md5sum Compute checksums abiword Edit Word documents abiword Edit Word documents abiword Edit Word documents Disks and Filesystems Disks and Filesystems Disks and Filesystems gnumeric Edit Excel documents gnumeric Edit Excel documents gnumeric Edit Excel documents Show free disk space df Show free disk space df Show free disk space File Properties a disk accessible File Properties mount Make a disk accessible File Properties mount Make a disk accessible stat Display file attributes Check a disk for errors stat Display file attributes fsck Check a disk for errors stat Display file attributes fsck Check a disk for errors Count bytes/words/lines Flush disk caches wc Count bytes/words/lines sync Flush disk caches wc Count bytes/words/lines sync Flush disk caches Measure disk usage du Measure disk usage du Measure disk usage and Remote Storage Backups and Remote Storage Backups and Remote Storage file Identify file types file Identify file types file Identify file types mt Control a tape drive mt Control a tape drive mt Control a tape drive Change file timestamps touch Change file timestamps touch Change file timestamps Back up a disk dump Back up a disk dump Back up a disk Change file owner chown Change file owner chown Change file owner restore Restore a dump restore Restore a dump restore Restore a dump Change file group chgrp Change file group chgrp Change file group Read/ tape archives tar Read/write tape archives tar Read/write tape archives Change file protections chmod Change file protections chmod Change file protections cdrecord Burn a CD cdrecord Burn a CD cdrecord Burn a CD Change advanced file chattr Change advanced file chattr Change advanced file attributes Mirror a set of files attributes rsync Mirror a set of files attributes rsync Mirror a set of files lsattr List advanced file lsattr List advanced file lsattr List advanced file attributes attributes attributes

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